Buttercross Veterinary Centre – Vets in Cotgrave
Clinic Overview
- Owners often mention a caring, kind and helpful team, with vets described as knowledgeable and compassionate. - Several reviews highlight clear explanations and thorough assessments, including careful examination of an elderly dog and practical advice about managing ongoing issues. - Surgical support stands out in the feedback, with one owner particularly grateful for being kept informed throughout their pet’s operation and for attentive nursing care around the procedure.
Buttercross Veterinary Centre in Cotgrave is a CVS-owned practice offering first-opinion care for a wide range of pets, including dogs, cats, rabbits, small mammals and birds. Website-listed services include consultations, surgery, diagnostics, dentistry, preventive care, nurse clinics, routine procedures, pet travel documentation and home visits. The practice states that out-of-hours emergencies are handled by MiNightVet Nottingham.
Services
- •General veterinary care: consultations, treatment planning and ongoing care, with reviews highlighting clear explanations, thorough assessments and support for older pets with mobility or behaviour changes.
- •Surgery and peri-operative care: orthopaedic, soft tissue and keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery are listed, and reviews specifically praise communication around an operation and nursing support before, during and after surgery.
- •Diagnostics and monitoring: diagnostic tests and imaging, including X-ray, ultrasound and an in-house lab, plus six-month health checks and blood pressure checks.
- •Preventive and routine care: vaccinations, parasite control, microchipping, neutering, nurse clinics, nail clipping and anal sac expression.
- •Dentistry and small pet procedures: dentistry is listed on the clinic’s service range, and one review specifically mentions tooth clipping for rats.
- •Species seen: the practice says it sees dogs, cats, rabbits, small mammals such as guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters and ferrets, as well as small cage birds, backyard poultry and wild birds.
- •Other practical services: pet travel documentation, home visits, and emergency support during opening hours; MiNightVet Nottingham provides out-of-hours emergency cover.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. In reviews, pricing is not a major theme, though one owner described a rat tooth-clipping visit as extremely reasonable.
People
- •Irene: praised for keeping an owner comfortable and informed around a pet’s operation, and described as thorough, patient, gentle and communicative.
- •Lisette: mentioned more than once for compassionate, thorough care, including assessing an elderly dog’s mobility and helping explain age-related behaviour.
- •Alex and Ruth: thanked alongside Lisette for caring support during a cat’s ongoing illnesses and a difficult end-of-life decision.
- •Nursing team: specifically appreciated for support before, during and after surgery.
Reviews
Buttercross Veterinary Centre has 4.7 stars from 70 Google reviews.
- •Owners often mention a caring, kind and helpful team, with vets described as knowledgeable and compassionate.
- •Several reviews highlight clear explanations and thorough assessments, including careful examination of an elderly dog and practical advice about managing ongoing issues.
- •Surgical support stands out in the feedback, with one owner particularly grateful for being kept informed throughout their pet’s operation and for attentive nursing care around the procedure.
- •Reviews also mention the practice being helpful at short notice and providing support through more difficult cases, including chronic illness and end-of-life decisions.
